By Request Review #2 - 2021
On the surface, this is a game where you capture and collect "Bugsnax", a delicious species of creature that resembles all kinds of food items, from burgers, to fruits, to bags of chips. You capture them using different tools and tricks depending on the creature, which means you have to study their habits, while using your handy dandy journal to keep up with their likes and dislikes in order to better capture them. It's quite fun going around to each world seeing what bugsnack you'll come across next, though it can get a bit sleepy at times due to repetition.
What held up my interest though, was the story crazy enough. Again, from the surface, it looks like a game that is just about capturing these silly critters, but it's MUCH more than that. It's a character drama, that only gets more dramatic as the game goes on. It actually has a lot of heart put into its story, being more than just about trying to find a character who has gone missing. It's about relationships of all kinds, and learning to work together as a community. In a time of great division among people, this is a beautiful story to be told.
On the surface, this is a game where you capture and collect "Bugsnax", a delicious species of creature that resembles all kinds of food items, from burgers, to fruits, to bags of chips. You capture them using different tools and tricks depending on the creature, which means you have to study their habits, while using your handy dandy journal to keep up with their likes and dislikes in order to better capture them. It's quite fun going around to each world seeing what bugsnack you'll come across next, though it can get a bit sleepy at times due to repetition.
What held up my interest though, was the story crazy enough. Again, from the surface, it looks like a game that is just about capturing these silly critters, but it's MUCH more than that. It's a character drama, that only gets more dramatic as the game goes on. It actually has a lot of heart put into its story, being more than just about trying to find a character who has gone missing. It's about relationships of all kinds, and learning to work together as a community. In a time of great division among people, this is a beautiful story to be told.